The Business Response to HIV/AIDS: Impact and lesson learned

The global spread of HIV/AIDS and the associated impacts on business and its
stakeholders (workforces, suppliers, communities, and the general public) has
highlighted the urgent need for business to respond to the epidemic. This publication
provides assistance to business and associated partners, presenting the business
rationale, advice, guidance and the lessons learned from good practice by companies
and organisations world-wide. It is aimed at readers from business, the public sector
and civil society organisations, providing an examination of how they can work
together to achieve successful partnerships in the response to HIV/AIDS.

As this publication highlights, no
business is immune from AIDS. But the
private sector is also in a unique
position to respond to the epidemic,
because of its contacts with employees
and the wider business community,
and the wealth of experience and skills
it has accumulated. As the publication
also illustrates, there is much that
businesses can do, and the benefits of
action go well beyond the workplace."
Peter Piot,
Executive Director, UNAIDS
James Wolfensohn,
President, World Bank

"Many people from business will read
this publication, as will many
concerned with H/V in government
and other agencies. Please, as you
read, remember that we need to work
together. Only through our combined
efforts will we find the success that we
all crave. We need each other's support
and understanding: this publication is
a good place to start."
Bill Roedy,
President, MTV Networks
International
Chair, Global Business Council on
HIV&AIDS
UNAIDS Ambassador